Photographer's Note

With this picture, I come back to the concert place at the entrance of the Luxembourg park last sunday afternoon.

Like many fellows around, this guy was hypnotized by the music. With his nice cigar (coronna dople I guess) and his hat, I found that he had some style. I just wish I could have captured and enhanced the smoke better.

I would be glad if you had some improvement suggestions regarding this portrait serie. Thanks !

Converted from Raw into B&W, then I adjusted levels and tones. Applied a light USM.

great photograph steven
seems like it's been taken in the 50s or so... it has that classic feel to it.
hmm about the improvements.. well can't really think of any at the moment.
everything seems to be great here,
i'll have a look at the rest of the photographs
take care :)

Style indeed, looks like he's come straight out of some '60s French thriller. For improvements, well I think the woman, even though OoF, is still a distraction, so maybe worth cropping her, even at the expense of having the guy not quite so well placed in the frame, anyway, great shot.

Great work Steven! i like the photo very much! the cigar, the hat and his harsh look makes him a real movie character! nice capture! as for the smoke , it could maybe have been improved ,had you tried to have a darker BG to let the smoke come out on the photo...?